Chilli & peppers

[anthonyjb]

Hi All


My chilli & peppers are still green in a green house what are the chances of them

Ever going red this time of the year.

Anthonyjb



This my first time growing chill & peppers so do not know what to expect

[Capsid]

They will turn red eventually, they need a long growing season. You can pick the chillis green and they will redden after that. The peppers are good eaten green anyway.

[rustylady]

Mine were late ripening, but they're really cracking on now. As long as we don't get a frost they'll be fine.

[binley100]

Mine are on a go slow too......just seem to be one at a time ...but last year they ripened late anyway.

[Tripmeup]

Yep patience required...

Most have ripened earlier for me this year, but last year, it was October before some ripened...

[BUFFS]

I have the rear g/house with 23/24 peppers/chillies and just one sweet red pepper,other half reckons we will be able to put them into the freezer this year,already chilled the rate they are going....

[jacob]

I thought everything had caught up from the slow start to the year, but come ripening time and it's clear everything is still a few weeks behind.

[tumbling tom]

You can leave on the plant till the just before the first frost anyway, so there is no hurry.

I tend to pick mine green when I need them.


A funny thing happened last year though wth my peppers.

Basically due to the horrible weather we had I didnt get to pick anything till the middle of October, when I picked my whole crop of peppers. This meant I had loads of green peppers of all sorts of varieties which obviously took us a while to eat.

I bunged them all in a carrier bag and put them in the fridge to eat as and when. Anyhow it took a couple of months to get through them, in the mean time they were turning red while in the fridge!! Unbelievable really!!

The chillis you can just pick and freeze straight away. I got some in the freezer from 2 years ago and they are fine. Infact I got so many growing this year and left over from last year I am thinking of not bothering with them next year!

[Chippy Minton]

I have a similar problem, the good lady has suggested bringing them in to the house to avoid frost problems, but when I did that to the aubergines last year the shock of being warm made them drop the fruit.

Do I or don't I bring them in

[Two_Sheds]

If you're able to bring them indoors to a warm sunny windowsill, they'll ripen up quicker

[Florence Fennel]

I pick mine when they look big enough, even if they are still green and thread them into a ristra with needle and cotton, they soon ripen to red when hung somewhere airy but dry. I freeze the red ones.

[Chippy Minton]

Thanks everyone, so I'll bring in as many as I have windowsill space for, the good lady said I can have the 'spare room / office / craft room / junk room' windowsill, oh how she will regret those words Then I'll leave the others in the GH and cut them when a frost is forecast to ripen up off the plant and see what happens

The joys of a hobby that doesn't give instant gratification, now where's that Tweenager for me explain the joy of waiting, watch for the eyes, it's all in the rolling eyes......

[Mrs Mac]

Following on from the black chilli problem. Like an idiot I haven't a clue which species I'm growing, however my very healthy looking plants have produced masses of green chillies that have now turned a very dark purple colour / black. They almost look like aubergines in colour and the plant is stunning. I thought the pods were going to turn from green to red.... Any thoughts?

[jacob]

Mrs Mac -- could be a variety that produces black chillis (these tend to start green, then black, then eventually red). Or it could just be that they're in the process of ripening; they tend to go a very dark purple/brown on their way to red, but this won't last long.

[Creemteez]

Having put my thumb through THREE semi ripened peppers where "something" has tunneled into them and eaten them from the inside, I am resolved to go and pick any green ones of a reasonable size and try to ripen them indoors - away from the "Critters"!!